Details on the car like the auto-open charging lid and the car-shaped key fob with corresponding pressure points show that innovative thinking found its way into every aspect of the vehicle.
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And together with Labor Secretary Solis and my Auto Task Force, Ed will help provide support to auto workers and their families, and open up opportunity to manufacturing communities in Michigan and Ohio and Indiana and every other state that relies on the auto industry.
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Rather than ape Grand Theft Auto, why not give us a big open sand-box Medieval city to explore, with pirate-infested waters, knights in shining LEGO armor, and dragons in the nearby wilderness?
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Multiple manufacturers have told us that they'll be launching initiatives in 2013 to enlist the help of outside developers and, while we're still a long way from a truly open source car, expect some auto-related APIs to launch at CES. This should, finally, help to push the selection of apps available to run in cars.
You can see the beginnings of it with Path's auto-stamp of where you are when you open the app (unless you disable it, which most seem to do), but it isn't part of mainstream social media platforms like Facebook and foursquare.
The moves will open up the world's No. 1 auto maker to its first outside directors in its 76-year history, accelerate generational change in the executive ranks and streamline the company's decision-making.
Mr. MOHAMMED MANJOOHAK (Owner, Auto Parts Shop): (Through translator) I cannot open my shop.
"He's probably the nicest guy you'll ever meet, " said Lonnie Daniels, the 69-year-old owner of the NAPA Auto Parts store, one of three establishments in town that was open Saturday.
He believes the auto industry is moving away from historical, purpose built, closed systems to connected, open standards based platforms.
Continental, another big auto supplier, is showing off applications that turn your smartphone into a key that can open and start your car.
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The sales were pushed up by auto sales though, meaning that the retail sector may face a growing challenge as stores begin to open back-to-school promotions to draw in cash-strapped customers.
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The senior Bush administration official said the White House is "open to ideas from Congress to accelerate funds they've already appropriated" to help the auto industry.
The move has been years overdo, auto manufactures moved to fuel-injection systems year ago for greater fuel efficiency, but NASCAR feared the change could open new doors for cheating.
The crash was symbolic of how far the sport had fallen since it split in 1995 when Indy Racing League founder and CEO Tony George announced plans for an open-wheel racing league, with the Indianapolis 500 as its cornerstone, to compete with the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART).
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